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Application filed Jan. 29, 18

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn,

JAMES TIMMS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUCKEYE MALLE- ABLE IRONAND COUPLER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,285, dated October11, 1898.

Application filed January 29, 1898. Serial No. 668,441. (No model.)

T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES TIMMS, of Columbus, in the county of Franklinand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,

and exact description of the invention, such,

dropping and to afford increased strength in pulling and buffing.

With the above as the object in View my invention consists in certainnovel featuresof construction and combinations of parts, which willbehereinafterdescribed,and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the end bracket,which is secured to the tender. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thedraw-head, and Fig. 3 is a view of a modification.

A represents the draw-head. In lieu of the usual draw-bar it has a shortshank 1, by means of which it is connected with the end bracket 2 of thetender.

As a means of preventing tender-couplings from sagging,difl:erentexpedients have been adopted. For instance, the bracket has beenfurnished With an outwardly-extended floor for the support of thedraw-head. In Letters Patent granted to me June 28, 1898, and designatedby No. 606,603, I have shown an arm extended up over the top of thebracket; but instead of the arm above the bracket I propose in mypresent invention to provide an arm beneath, as at 3. This is quite asefiectual as an arm above the bracket, and in many instances it isbetter to employ an arm of this character. Its function is pretty wellunderstood by the allusion made in the statement of objects, which is toprevent sagging of the coupling and to greatly increase the strength anddurability of the coupling in pulling and buffing.

In my device the arm rests nnderthelower 5o face of the base of thebracket and in such proximity to the face of the bracket that in buffingstrain will fall on the bracket and not on the coupling-pin whenthelatter becomes worn.

As a modification I have shown a construction in Fig. 3 employing twoarms, one above and one below the bracket. This obviously increases thestrength, and while not always necessary by any means still it is apossible and in some instances a desirable form of construction.

When one or both arms are used, they are provided with a hole 5 in linewith the hole in the shank, and the same pin which holds the shank ofthe draw-head pivotally in the bracket also passes through the arm orarms,

thus making a perfectly simple construction and at the same time one ofgreat strength and capable of withstanding the punishment to whichcouplings are subjected.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and 7 5 hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the precise construction shown and described; but,

. Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tender-coupling, the combination with a recessed bracket, and adraw-head having a shank to enter said recessed bracket, of anindependent arm integral with and projecting laterally and rearwardlyfrom the draw-head, the free end of said arm terminating so as to bedisposed parallel with the .shank and adapted to enter said recessedbracket at a point distant from that at which the shank of the draw-headenters said bracket, said arm having a hole in alinement with the holein the shank for the reception of a pin, the

free ends of said shank and arm being normally disposed in suchproximity to the bottoms of the recesses in the bracket that buffin gstrain will be sustained by the latter when the cOUpling pin becomesWorn, substantially as set forth.

2. In a tender-coupling, the combination with a bracket, of a draw-headhaving a short shank and an arm above and below, and a pin which pivotsthe shank and two arms to the IO bracket.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES TIMMS.

WVitnesses:

(J. D. BEARDsLEY, JOHN F. OGLEVIE.

